How to change the background color of a button?

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How to change the background color of a button when it is press?

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *buttonDeleteOutlet;

My button has not the method: setBackgroundColor (UIColor *) forState:(UIControlState *). Only setBackgroundColor:(UIColor *).

No visible @interface for 'UIButton' declares the selector 'setBackgroundColor:forState:'

Why?

Pradhyuman sinh · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21T05:11:25.313

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You can also try this

  (a) I think there is no method like setBackgroundColor: forState: in iOS 6 or iOS 7. So you have to put background color images using below methods

    [btn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourRedButton.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [btn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourBlueButton.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

 (b) Using Tint Color

    [YourButton setTintColor:[UIColor color]];

edited Nov 21 '13 at 05:11

answered Nov 20 '13 at 13:26

Pradhyuman sinh

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My button has not the method `setBackgroundColor (UIColor *) forState:(UIControlState *)`. Only `setBackgroundColor:(UIColor *)`. Why? – Adam Shakhabov Nov 20 '13 at 15:15
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You have to set BackGround Image inplace of background color – Pradhyuman sinh Nov 21 '13 at 05:02
Here's an answer in Swift if someone stops by and is interested: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26600980/how-do-i-set-uibutton-background-color-forstate-uicontrolstate-highlighted-in-s/30604658#30604658 – winterized Jun 02 '15 at 19:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '13 at 13:20

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You need to set button's color for normal and highlighted state, such like

[yourButtonName setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[yourButtonName setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

answered Nov 20 '13 at 13:20

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My button has not the method `setBackgroundColor (UIColor *) forState:(UIControlState *)`. Only `setBackgroundColor:(UIColor *)`. Why? – Adam Shakhabov Nov 20 '13 at 15:13
But it is so. I examined all. – Adam Shakhabov Nov 20 '13 at 15:32
`No visible @interface for 'UIButton' declares the selector 'setBackgroundColor:forState:'` – Adam Shakhabov Nov 20 '13 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '13 at 13:22

[myButton setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

while it is clicked state:

[myButton setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
[myButton setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateSelected];

How to change the background color of a button?

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